My cover of this mellow Hawkwind classic.
Lyrics
Our legends tell we came from a seed
That traveled at a whirlwind speed
Til it came to rest upon this land
That once was green and is now all sand
That buried us up to our eyes
And made us watchers of the skies
Til the shadow wings came for our sight
And left us to conspire with night.

ZENDAD - 'Fable Of A Failed Race' (Hawkwind Cover)

New track written & produced by Steve Kavanagh 
(Copyright Control)
Steve Kavanagh (Vocals/Guitars/Keyboards/Bass Guitar/Drum Machine)

Lyrics
Love whispers in the silence
Hope soothes an aching heart
Time ticks away with violence
That tore us both apart
You are still on my mind
I'm the ghost you left behind

Your essence it still lingers
Fades with every passing year
Feel the numbness in my fingers
How I wish that you were here
You are still on my mind
I'm the ghost you left behind

Dreams are all that I have now
And fading memories
Must try to forget somehow
You were the one to leave
You are still on my mind
I'm the ghost you left behind you
(Girl)
You're the ghost I left behind
You're the ghost I left behind
You're the ghost I left behind

Steve Kavanagh - The Ghost You Left Behind (Steve Kavanagh)

Written by Steve Kavanagh 
Lyrics 

A happy ending’s what we all need 
Cos everyone needs a reason to believe 
A guy I know wears a pirates hat
He looks kind of cool 
But the kids think ‘he’s a twat’
How about that?
Will happy endings come our way 
Cos we all dream and wish for better days 
A girl I know looks like a witch
The kids think she’s a crazy bitch
But they like her all the same 
(Don’t know her name) 
We all need a happy ending 
Not no Facebook block unfriending 
Don’t fancy being hit by a train
I’d rather die making love in the rain 
With you 
And what else would I rather do than spend each single second close to you 
And it’s true 
(Cos I love you)
We all need a happy ending 
And not a really bad rear ending 
Hope our plane don’t crash into the sea 
But if it did then we would be together 
You and me
Forever lost at sea
Now we’re swimming hand in hand
As we’re  heading to dry land 
And a happy ending
SK

Steve Kavanagh - ‘Happy Ending’ (Acoustic Demo)

Steve Kavanagh - ‘Drones’ (Mansun Acoustic Cover)

Written by Magnus Martin
Lyrics 

She was all he regretted or longed for
She'd waved and smiled through eyes of fire
As he sailed from the shore
She was all he regretted or longed for
She'd waved and smiled through furious eyes
As he sailed from the shore

And he prayed that he might, he might see her again
And he prayed that he might, he might see her again

Steve Kavanagh - ‘Alcyone’ Hawkwind Cover (Acoustic)

Written performed & produced by Steve Kavanagh
(Copyright Control)
Lyrics
I can hear the breath of Angels when you're on my phone
It's the only time I know that I'm not alone
Please don't hang up darling cos I don't want you to
All I ever wanted was to be close to you
Now the clock keeps ticking and I keep on wishing you were by my side
As the candles' flicking all my dreams go missing with the tears I've cried
I wish I could reach inside my telephone and pull you close
Cos you're the only one I really need the most 
Sweet breath of Angels
Breath of Angels
Sweet breath of Angels
Breath of Angels

Steve Kavanagh - 'Breath Of Angels' (Demo)

Written performed & produced by Steve Kavanagh
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Lyrics
There once was a girl called Ocean
I didn't know her real name 
But I kind of got this notion
That I liked her all the same
And this girl who was called Ocean
Had skin that was kissed by the sun
She didn't need no suntan lotion
Small dark and lovely, on the run 
Now the tides are turning in your name
Now the tides are turning in your name
Ocean
She came out of the water
She disappeared beneath the waves

A Girl Called Ocean

Written performed & produced by Steve Kavanagh
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Lyrics
In the chapel of Gethsemane
A lady sat down next to me
As she spoke I felt I'd known her
For all eternity
In the chapel of Gethsemane
My whispered prayer was heard above
God sent me a northern Angel
And this Angel was pure love
Beauty amidst suffering 
Beauty amidst suffering
That's who you are
In the cathedral of Coventry
He had waited for 'the one'
It had been so many lifetimes
But he knew one day she'd come
in the chapel of Gethsemane
The Angel healed his broken heart
As she spoke in sacred whispers
He hoped that they would never part
Beauty amidst suffering
(Beauty and)
Beauty amidst suffering
(Take my hand)
That's who you are

Gethsemane

Written and performed by Steve Kavanagh (Guitars/Vocals)
Copyright Control
Lyrics
Laura the juggler is on the cathedral lawn each Friday afternoon
She is deconstructing time and space into her silent movements of spinning grace 
See the concentration on her face as she flips her clubs into the air with all due care and attention 
She watches their descension
A fine balancing act 
An unwritten pact with gravity 
Unaware of passers by she flicks her long brown hair out of her eyes
As I watch mesmerised 
Is there a better way to pass the time of day ?
While others scream and shout she throws all of her cares into the air 
La jongleuse doit protéger son cœur
Laura is deconstructing time and space into her silent movements of spinning grace 
Breathless in this quiet place where the hands stay still on the clock face 
Rise like your batons into the air 
Like a balloon at a carnival fair
As she starts to levitate
I will catch her as we both lose weight
Spinning into infinity 
Her clubs fall back to Earth as we float free
Laura the juggler is in the sky with me
(Dedicated to Laura The Juggler)

Laura The Juggler

Written and performed by Steve Kavanagh
(Copyright Control)
This short Irish/Celtic/Medieval influenced instrumental will be the opening track on my forthcoming acoustic album 'Caomhanach - 'Songs Of Limerence'.

CAOMHANACH

Written and performed by Steve Kavanagh
(Copyright Control)
Lyrics
Was it love?
What were you feeling deep inside?
Swallow your pride
Talk to me
And say the words you've left unspoken
For I am broken
As for me
When you looked what did you see?
Did you like me?
Well I liked you and I still do but like's not the right word
Its 'love'
The candle burns
Your shadow face is on my wall
I wish you'd call
While others sleep
I sit and weep in isolation
Where are you now?

LIMERENCE

Written by Steve Kavanagh
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'Petrichor '

This track was inspired by Wilhelm Brasse's hauntingly tragic photograph's of Czeslawa Kwoka taken at Auschwitz.  It's hard to believe the inhumanity of mankind sometimes.  This track is subtitled 'Ona Przechodzi Przez Kwiaty' which in Polish means 'She walks through the flowers'.  This is because I had a vision of Czeslawa walking through a field of beautiful yellow flowers.  
For more details on Czeslawa visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czes%C5%82awa_Kwoka?fbclid=IwAR2YdtLqhOKGDv-03jbgV5eZ5tfMWCIdP3rxeU6w2MHwwL0nFX_-G_eoHJw

Steve Kavanagh - 'For Czeslawa Kwoka' (Ona Przechodzi Przez Kwiaty)

Written performed & produced by Steve Kavanagh. (Vocals/Guitar/Keyboards/Bass Guitar/Drum Programming)
(Copyright Control)
Slow mellow blues number that I recorded about 5 years ago, I think it's one of my best tracks but I withdrew it due to a family tragedy ; for some reason I associated this song with that sad time, but it's only a song at the end of the day and it's a good one so here it is.  
Lyrics
Give me a reason why I feel so low
It's the season of ice, rain and snow
January's freezing, well I ought to know
I'm in the heartbreak show
Late in the evening fire embers glow
Am I still dreaming?
Is it time to go?
February's teasing, well I ought to know
I'm in the heartbreak show
Drawn towards the minor chord
My spirit is in accord
The child of winter dreams of spring
And the treasures it may bring
But the womb is safe and warm
Here I will come to no harm
I'm sleeping

Steve Kavanagh - The Heartbreak Show

Solo acoustic cover of my favourite All About Eve track.
Songwriters: Andy Cousin / Julianne Regan / Mark Price / Marty Wilson-Piper
Lyrics
My hallucination, every drug that I need.
I love you for your beauty. 
I love you for the books you read.
I watch you laze in the sun,
I watch your head come undone, you smile ;
The man and child with bee-stung lips
Where my tongue trips and curls and you kiss like a girl.
It frees me, frees me from the freeze.
And with the liberation everything's
Taken higher ; and every complication,
Another spark for the fire. you're nothing
More than eighteen but you are more than
You seem to be.
You'll win me with pale
White hands and soft demands and ways
To set the days ablaze.
It frees me from the freeze
You're like a favorite saint kept
Alive in prayer and paint.
One looked a lot like you, saucer-eyed and stoned
And out of the blue.

Steve Kavanagh - Freeze (All About Eve Cover)

A collection of music recorded over the years using various recording equipment starting with a 4 track cassette Portastudio, and eventually a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation).  I recently used Garageband on i-Phone after all my musical equipment was stolen and I was left with just one acoustic guitar.  Currently in the process of recording an acoustic album using a Zoom R12 digital multitrack recorder. 
'If music be the food of love, play on'.

Steve Kavanagh

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